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After much procrastination about writing another post, here it is. I can't believe that January is already over. I mean, the last four weeks have flown by so fast. Guess that means that I'm really, really enjoying life as time grows wings when I enjoy myself. Things have been going really well since I last wrote. We, as a team, gave an informational presentation in a church in a town called Genderen about Rwanda. I really enjoyed it and had an opportunity to share about a country that shares a border with the country I was born in.
The church we went to is looking at sending a team from their youth group with us to Rwanda in July. So the parents wanted to know more about Rwanda. Given that Rwanda is one of the safest countries in Africa, with one of the fastest growing economies. To be honest I'm getting really exciting about going to Rwanda. I do count Rwanda on my list of countries I've been to because I've been on Rwandan soil but haven't gone further than the plane doors, due to Uganda being my final destination rather than Rwanda. I'm also a little apprehensive about going due to never having led an outreach before. So prayers for peace would be appreciated... I'll keep you posted with how things proceed with the preparation. In regards to the applications, at the moment we've had six applicants in, and we're processed them. I'll write later on about how many participants each outreach location will have.
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Over the last couple of weeks I've registered at the town hall and applied for a new Dutch passport. I'm one of those lucky people who carry duel nationality, thanks to my parents. However, it means that its twice as expensive due to having two passports to renew every ten years rather than just one. In recent years the Dutch have changed the length of validity of their passports... my old one, which I got in 2011, was valid for only five years (like the British under 16's passport), but since then its changed, so my new passport is valid for ten years. This means I won't have to go through this process, in Holland, again for another ten years. I'm due to collect my passport on Wednesday and will then proceed to the whole opening of a bank account with a Dutch bank. I'm really excited about this because it didn't work the last time I tried to apply for a Dutch bank account three years ago, due to not being registered. You have to be registered with the town hall to do anything in Holland. Very annoying but can't be helped. For some of you, you might be aware that I tried to renew my passport last year during my
School of Intercessory Prayer SOIP, but couldn't because I wasn't sure if I'd be in the area after the school finished and I wasn't able to go The Hague due to the school schedule. Thankfully I'll have my new passport in my hands by the end of the week.
Its almost lunch time so I got to head down to the dinning room shortly. More news will come soon.
